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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-19
Diamonds Not Necessary.
RHrNEsT0NES ANSWER ALL THE PURPOSES IN So


We don't see as many diamonds as we think we
DO nowadays. Rhinestones and paste are taking
their places on as well as on the stage
There are q number OF women In New York known
to possess jewels worth thousands Of dollars the
cut, setting and appearance of which are perfectly
familiar to society people, TO thieves, ana to
great many people who cannot be reckOned In
either Of these classes These gems are a regular
part OF the entertainment guaranteed to
the purchaser OF an opera ticket and the
holder OF the same would feel that an implied
contract had been violated II their wearers stayed
at home or neglected to spread a travelling show
window over their velvet corsages in the great
gold casket OF the auditorium, with its horseshoe
curves OF boxes full Of the customary bench show
OF prHe danes. damsels and beaux. And yet the
gemS-not the women-are frequently absent when
we think them there.
saw the fac smile Of pretty well-known dia-
mond necklace at 1ewelry counter few days
ago.
"All Rhinestones,"I was told "There ia a new
method OF cutting and mounting them, which
bring out greater brilliancy and make 1t possible
which used to distinguish the stones at once from
real gems They are safer things to wear. They
relieve the mind from the anxiety about losing or
stealing; and 80 ladies are having duplicates OF
the contents Of their Jewelcase made up OF Rhine
stones, and the genuine articles packed away
from danger In safe-depOst vaults. 1t takes
more than casual examination to detect the DIFF.
ference, and so the poor thief has hard time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-19
vTHOs. Z. wAaaAMAN. Auctioneer.

d0-dts Fendail Building. Cor. Al md
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MEAT FOR BABES.


STUFF the school chiidren; I'LL up the heads of
Send them all lessonfun home 10 the beds Of
them;
Blackboard and exercise, problem and ques-
Bother their young brains and spoil their d.
STUFF them with 'ologies, all they can smatter at
Fiji them with 'ometres, all they can batter at
Crowd them with 'onomies, all they can chatter
When they are through with the labor and
What do they care for it, what do they know
oft:
Feed them and cram them with all sorts OF
knowledges:
Rush them and push them through high schools
Keen the hot kettle on, boiling and frothing;
Marks count for everything, death counts for
Rush them and push them while they've the
knowledge is great, though many you kin for it;
pile on the taxes to pay you the bill for 1t;
Urge them and press them to higher ambi-
Heed not their minds or their bodies condi-
tons.
Stick to the system you long have been cherish
ing.
Careless OF those who are fading and perishing
Strong meat for babes is the age last motto
Drop the weak souls who can't learn as they
Feed them and all them. no end to the worry.
ing;
Push them and press them, no stop to the hur.
Parents at home viii attend to the burying;
Strong meat for babes Is the motto OF prog
knowledge fiend is, ambition an ogress.
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90 HANpWRlTlNo.


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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-03-12
INSTRUMENTATION.


How. Ono Of New Yorlk's GIlded YOUTH
Redeemed HIS Manhood.
Here is true incident which we COM
mend to the consideration not only Of
boys, but of the fathers Of boys.
Mr.. P was stock-broker in New
York. His only son, Phil, was born to
the expectation of vast wealth, and
hence dawdled idly through college,
and studied little law as an amuse-
ment. His real training was as society
man. At twenty-five he could lead the
german admirably; was an authority on
women's gowns and hats, knew better
than any other gossip in town which of
the girls were s'hy," and which were
likely to catch the "big fish in the mat
'rimonial pond" His father was. in
his dainty speech, ''Old Check-signer,"
his sister ssthe best-groomed yearling
fully in the field.
He'd read nothing but the latest
magazine, and GERS de sociste. He
never voted; scarcely knew who was
President, and took no interest in the
great problems of national Importance
with which other men were struggling.
His sole concern in life was the last cut
in coats, and anxiety as to which balls or
receptions he should attend next week.
On Black Friday Mr.. p lost every
dollar Of his fortune, and died soon
afterward. Phil was almost penniless.
He made his way to Colorado, and took
up land, built hut and lived in it. At
bottom there was good manly stuff in
the lad. Pain, loneliness, the great
silent mountains about him, brought it
out. No meals at Delmonico's had ever
the relish of the flapjacks and bacon
which he cooked himself after q hard
days work
he suddenly awakened to the inter-
ests about him; the raising of great
herds Of cattle; the mining for gold; the
moving Of vast crops; the building of
railways across the continent The
man developed in body and mind. He
began, too, to keep step with the active,
pushing, live men who are conquering
the wilderness Of the great Northwest.
He is now q man Of force and sound
sense, with broad, grave, liberal views,
taking part in all the work which will
| advance the West. II he remembers
| the puerile, trining man milliner who
| led the german in fashionable Fifth
avenue houses a few years ago, it i
with blush Of shame.
How many manly American boys, the
sons Of wealthy. Woodworking fathers
are sinking into the puny, aimless lift
| Of men Of society in our large cities
The great West, with its countless op
| portunities, its scope, its vast interests
develop strong, helpful men out Of nm
promising material. The baae, thu
| antidote are both before them" They
should consider well before they choose
between them. HowtHs Obnpdnion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-03-12
DEAD MAIL MATTER.


Strange Things Assembled IN the Anveusory
Of = Dcad-Letter Sale.
No one can have a notion Of whai
other people send through the mails
until he looks over the inventory OF
articles to be sold at the Dead-Letter
Office sale. There is something humor
ously absurd in the idea of dropping
sewing machine in letter box. II
suggests mailing saw-mill, steam
engine or yoke of steers. Yet sewing
machines do find their way to the Dead
Letter Office.
Many curious secrets are unfolded in
the Dead-Letter Office and there are
reasons why the owners never come to
claim property. There stands among
the other dead letters" pair of num-
Der six s.ladies' shoes" What an Attic
ton for any lady to lay claim to! The
lady thanks fortune that her name was
not on the package, and allows them to
be sold at auction. An old wig has
been lying in the Office for two years
without claimant, while the owner
probably wears his hat in church. A
pair of corsets made to embrace thirty
three inch waist can find no one to con-
TESS to them. They stand around with
several other pairs of similar size await
ing the auction.
But corsets and wigs and sewing ma
chimes are not the only curious things
that turn up in dead letters. Besides
innumerable pairs of shoes, suits Of
clothes, handkerchiefs, collars and cuffs,
cheap jewelry, with an occasional lock
of hair and an engagement ring, there
are numerous ladies' bustles, brown
hair switches, false bangs and frizzes,
and even afew articles of underwear
and pairs of carriers. In one package
there were two damaged night dresses, y
in another plug of tobacco, in
another package of hairpins and hair
combings. In yet another package
there are six tin teaspoons and second
hand toothbrush. The number Of
packages marked ''hair-combings" sug-
gest that they are lovers locks that
some unseen timental clerk has thus
viewed. Cosmetics appear in no small
quantities. One damaged hair switch
and several pairs of hoopskirts were
miscarried in the mails. A gents seer.
sucker suit and lady's chemise and
unfinished dress also went astray. A
/ pair of artificial teeth are unclaimed
A pair of artificial eyes are among the
dead letters. Among other curious
mail matter discovered through the
dead letters are fly net for horses, Z
lady's black cloth dolman. mans ole
frock coat, cigarettes, old broken screw
driver. ladies' night-caps, gray hail
waves, hair crimpers, ladies wooler
fascinators, four and half pounds o
cheap tea, an old knife blade, buncl
of tangled thread, ladies' corset covers
thirteen old pewter spoons, a dog
blanket, a lady's old damaged sill
dress basque, nutmeg CRATER, shoe brush
gents dirty clothes and old straw hat
lady's blue jersey, pair of bathing
trunks, old felt hat, bird sling, toy gun
kettle cleaner and tinware, griddl'
litter, dozen potato parers, sun bon
net, dolls corset, dolls overshoes, |
small clock. pair of pruning shears, I
razor, and ninety-nine pounds of irol
and metal castings. --N r Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-03-12
puNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

Lieutenant HEM cackleates to,
bring the Galatea back next year and
enter for all the races. --Lo,oeU Courier
THE scold waves are very trying, =
said man to his wife this morning
when she raided him for not building
the fire. Washington Critic.
"A happy thought is one that has
escaped from melancholy man and is
certain that it will not be obliged to go
back - icayune.
"A man had much rather be fined
fifty dollars for fast driving than be told
that his horse couldn't trot fast enough
to break the statute. Burdctte.
Daughter mamma. I'm crazy
about this palmistry!" Mothcr-ssT
pa mystery I'm crazy about is where
your father spends his evenings.
Chicago Journal.
-"You can always tell q man who
has once been clerk in hotel, says
an exchange. Our experience has al
ways been that you cam tell him much.
He thinks he knows it ALL Someruillc
Journal
Say, mister, don't you want =
boyP'' 'sAre you out of workp'' yes"
'sWhat did you do during the summerp''
II stuck flies onto hy-paper in drug
gists' winders, but hy -time's over now. "
Philadelphia Call.
They eat horses in France" OBJ
served Joggins; isn't it horrible?" II
think you ought to BE- the last to say
so, 4" rejoined Shopper. How is thatp''
"You have been known to consume a
great many ponies yourself. - id-Bits.
"A lady correspondent. who assumes
to know how boys ought to be trained,
writes as follows: 20. mothers, hunt
out the soft, tender, genial side Of your
boys nature. Mothers often do-with
| shoe. Chicago Mdjg.
The new teacher at Bitter Creek, a
smart young fellow from Boston, who
thought he knew all creation, was
! downed at the first spelling school in
| his new district ON the first word. Old
Squire Pollock gave out s'pussley'' and
! the new teacher spelled it s'purslane. =
''Set down. said the squire, and how
everybody did yell. Burdette.
| Country Uncle Next summer,
Fannie, you must come out and spend
month with Us on the farm, and see
MS every morning &c. out into the field
with our hoes on our shoulders.r Fam
ME "Humph, that's the last place in
the world I'd think Of wearing nv
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-03-12

Prof. Shore, Of the University OF
Texas, is man who is very apt, when
he becomes excited, to transpose his
words. Having occasion to rebuke his
son, William, who is becoming rather
fast, he said:
''You must thing this stop. Only
yesterday / saw you parading Austin
girl with an avenue Of the opposite sex
on your arm, burning dog stuck in
your mouth. and a little cigar trottine
along behind you. "-Teras Sittings.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-03-12
FOR STORMY WEATHER.


Directions For Making Servicoable Muslin
Poultry-House.
Every poultryman knows the aversion
shown by the fowls to the poultry-house
in the daytime. They prefer being
outside in the storm to being confined
in closed, dark place; but they are
very partial to a shed. or any kind Of
well-lighted shelter. A cheap arrange
ment can be made for them, which may
be movable. by using shingling lath
Zone by three inches) and unbleached
muslin. To make muslin house ten
by ten feet, proceed as follows:
A strip for the top, four for the bot
tom, and three for stripping one foot
from the ground, making eight strips,
ten feet long each, or eighty feet. One
strip for the top of the entrance in front,
eight feet long and twelve strips six
feet long, for the ends and roof,
the total being about one hundred
and sixty feet of material, costing
one dollar. A few boards on the
front, with the same at the rear, COM
pletes all but the muslin, of which
about twelve yards win be sufficient
Run the muslin from the bottom of the
strip over the top, and fasten to bottom
strip on the other side. Have nothing
but the boards on the ends, so as to
strengthen the frame, and also that the
fowls may pass out at either end. Sew
tho v,,x,ol;u -forofhor with n sQwinO
machine, and use it either crosswise OF
up and down. Draw it tightly over the
frame, and paint it with any kind Of
cheap paint; or oil may be used instead.
The structure need not cost over $3.50,
and it will afford excellent protection
against the winds and rains, as there
will be plenty of scratching-room fol
an average flock. The muslin admits
sufficient light, and is much better thar
glass for retaining warmth. - american
4Qriculturist.
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"A patent has been granted in En-
gland lor crush hat for women to
wear. Let us have it here, and right
speedily, that there may be no mort
complaints by theater-goers Of the bie
stage hiding bonnet
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-03-12

Five hundred Cinnamon have de-
posts in = savings bank in Brooklyn.
Il il said that they never draw out any
money.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-03-12

according to the report Of the New
York Bureau of Labor Statistics there
were more than 1900 strikes in that
State during 1886, against 800 in 1885:
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-03-12

Ballet dancing is pretty good
business when you once get the hang Of
it. Thus Mature, the exponent Of tho
Spanish fandango. gets SIC, 900 year.
Rosatti gets 81, 1000 and Subra IS, 900.
That's better by several thousand dol
lars than going to Congress, or even
being President Of a university, and
pretty nearly as good as being a popu-
lar prima donna. Troy Times.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-28
General News.

BrsfNrss dull.
CLOUDY aud cold.
RIvEn rising slowly.
fiyE boats leaving today.
EuGENr Tor Arkansas river tomorrow.
THE FUTURE City, with bargc., passed Ia
s. Louis last night
TnE Eugene Is tho packet leaving tomor
TOW evening for Arkansas river
Tur James Ice, Capt. Clnggrti leaves at Z
o'clock this evening Tor Helena, friars Point
and oil way landings.
TiIE Cnnhoma Capt Higgins, leaves thi,
evening for Gold Dust, Osccolu aud all way
points on the upper coast Vim. Smithcr +
her clerk.
THF 81 Paul = announced 30 lrayr here a;
: o'clock this evening Tor Nirkshurg aud oil
way landings. She j. running under the
auspices u the Anchor line.
TnE packets arc all IN aud will start oui
on time again today, and it 3, to be- hoped
that the Weather will d. such as ~ enable
them To keep on their pgular days
Tur Gayo,o. ,upt. W T. Hall. j. the r..
fular packet leaving this evening fur Upton.
willie and all way points on the upper ouist
u. .. Mitchell aud H. A. Mcnsics are hci
clerks.
Tur Kate Adams, Capt Mark Cheek. ~
rived Yesterday afternoon irum Arkansa,
city with I .Oll bales II cotton and NJ pack
ages uf sundrics She leaves again mi.
evening Tor Helena. Tcrrrnc. Arkansas City
aud all way landings. VIM. Blankcr j. rhicl
Clrfk.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-28


Good care isrcckoncd Ia be- thu farmers bee,
hprsu and COW doctor
Tie brst breed j. good care. good water.
plud feed and rund barn.
lircrd the horse first ioF strength and ca.
dumucc mud then fut style.
4 Painted fence nruund the yarl will last
longer than am uupaiutCd one aud look bet.
ter ~ the sane time
Il has been claimed that - per cent n
Cbm.fndlcr ~ wasted 10y feeding " whole. ~
compared with cutting IT,
IN some srriious sNcot.p potato wines are
cured tor fodder They an claimed to be- q
gool lk.pmdurius food.
An Albany syndicate that has been formed
tn encourage the cvtlfIatlun of the English
sparrow oilers VI per io0 for 5000 oi the
birds.
Thcr e nothing that tells ~ ciIcctually
IN farm work as stcadincss The greatest
tasks arr performed by keeping constantly
~ work.
Scientific ic,t. IN Hungary show that corn
will produce the larEcs, yield % milk, while
sorfhwu produces milk Of the richest
quality
4 general burning " wheat shibblc IN the
chinch bug districts will destroy millions VI
/ germs now that will be- yomuious bugs next
| summer
The proper Cnrc II the dumb animal,
| often gsurrs suuCcss ON the farm when
ohiclrs,nc's and piohigalcncss in this line
| VIII lead Ia failurv
! Fnll made butter u always preferred tn
/ ,ha' made of summer bcriiisc the weather
O''ig cool, the milk h kcp, at the proper
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-28
CRIMES OF THE DAY.
A BLOODY TRAGEDY IN THE INDIAN
TERRITORY.
Indian Prisoners Stab and Cut Their
Brother Cri ninale, and Hang Them
selves-A Wild Chinaman's Awful
Deed-He Terrorizes Passengers.

Fonr sMTH, Ark, Nov. 27.-Another
bloody tragedy occurred in the Indian
Territory today, in which woman and
two men were killed and an
other brave deputy marshal was murdered
while doing his duty. Deputy Marshal
Frank Dalton and J. II. Cole crossed the
river into the Cherokee Nation at O'Clock
This morning to arrest horse thief and
and whisky peddler named Smith, whom
they were told was at tent on the Alex
andcr place, about one mile and half
from here. Arriving at the tent Cole rode
up on one side and Dalton on the other.
Seeing man ut the door of the tent, Dali
ton inquired for Smith, who rushed out,
pistol in hand. Dalton said "Don't
shoot want no trouble" but Smith fired,
shooting him in the left breast, inhicting a
mortal wound. Dalton said, 81 am killed, T"
and fell from his horse with the hammer
OF his pistol caught ut half-cock. Cole
shot Smith rs he turned 10 rc-enter the
tent Then woman ran ont with child
in her arms, and a man named Dixon fol-
lowed her. Cole, who had dismounted,
stepped backward, but his spur catching
in tent-cord, he tripped and fell.
Dixon then fired at him before he could
rise, putting ball through his
oyorcolt, and as he rose shot him through
the right breast. Cole tried to shoot him,
but the woman caught his Winchester.
Quickly jerking loose, however, he fired,
shooting Dixon in the shoulder lie then
backed 10 tree and regular fight fol-
lowed, in which the wife Of Dixon was ac-
cidcntally killed, and two bullets were put
through Coles coat and the bark was
pealed oil the tree behind which he was
sheltered. Finding chance to escape,
Cole hurried away on foot, his horse hay
ing run of during the fight, and when he
had gone short distance a man came out
Of the tent and approached Dalton, who
was badly wounded, and, needless OF his
pitcous appeals for his life, fired two
bullets into his head, causing instant
death. Smith died from his wounds at 3
O'Clock this afternoon. Dixon is now in
the United States Jail hospital and Mrs
Dixon is dead. Lowry, the man who
finished up Dalton, Is still at large, but
will probably be captured, rs all OF the
manhal's force are in pursuit and are
scoring the country for him, and every
effort will bc made 10 catch him, Ms il is
becoming too hot for deputy marshals in
the Indian Territory.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-28

Tho ouc.hur-o farmer has lifelong amhl.
ton la gain a :, puiaiion iut Wearing q dirty
shirt.
lie will Alarm the ucighhurhood by getting
up two hour before ,la, then not ~ e. work
till two houu after sunrise.
hc viii complain II hard times. then tear
his pants climbing fence where the Tutc
ought 90 be-.
lie will pay - Tor new birdie. then let
The ralf chew u all 10 picccs before Sunday
StuCk will get IN and destroy hi~ Crup nt d
place Ia his fence that be has been putting
oft repairing for six months NJ more
lie will spmiu his back lifting something
a. show how strong be- IT,
lie will talk all LAY Sunday ON villa, h,
knows about farming, then ride over ~,
ncighborhool Monday hunting seed pota
toes.
lie will ~ Va his shirt sleeve on \ cold Ia,
a. show how much he can stand aud thci
return home NJ night and occupy twu-thirl'
81 the I'm place until bcd time.
He will ndiCule tie mechanism ~ a cottOi
planter and Then 81 out and mash his thumb
un fence.
lie will ~ To town on Saturday and com,
hask with ~ cents worth III collie, paIal
of pius, dollars worth u chewing iolarc,
anl bis belly iull ~ whisky.
lie j. economical. ccunoiny Il hs forte
lie viii save on ~ cents worth Of axle
rrrasc and ruin the -pindlcs 81 a $40 WAGON
lie will SCI 90 bis ncirhhnrs 81 help II
grtiing a COW out II ihc bog. and then lc
her die Tor want II proper caw and atton
ton
llc Won't .hb.eiihs Tor newspaper hu
viii bornN one irum bis friend and forge
~ uturu II.
~ say, the Texas Stockman.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-28
rrightIuI Prison Tragedy.

GLESDNE, Mo-, Nov. 27.-Early ycstcr-
day morning three Sioux Indians named
Fingcr-Nail, Stiing-in-Front and Pete
Matthews, confined in the county Jail here
for horse stealing, made an attack on two
white prisoners. Their weapons were
table knives u pair Of scissors and COM
mon chairs with which the Jail was sup
piled. After inflicting mortal wounds on
the white prisoners, Fingcr-N Nail and Sit
ting.in-Front hanged themselves in their
cells with their bunk-stmps. They were
assisted by the other Indian Pete Mat
thcws, who, after they committed the
deed, tried Ia butt his brains out
against the wall of the cell, but
was iUncd by the sheriff and sew
cral other persons. The Indians who
hanged themselves stabbed themselves all
over their biliCs before rcsorting to hang
ing. Francisco SalamO, an Italian, who
WIS confined on charge Of burglary, WIS
stabbed In several places, aud the county
physician does not expect him 10 live un-
I'll morning. The other prisoner, I. II.
Turck, awaiting the action Of the grand
jury on n charge of rape, was stabbed and
pounded over the head with chairs in the
hands Ut the Indians. lie rcgaincd con-
seriousness late this afternoon, and only NJ
members that the Indians attacked him
with knives, after which he became un.
conscious. The doctor says he will ~.
cover with proper care.
The Indians vho did the work tried to
siaryc themselves 10 death several months
ago, and after that remarked that they
would not live 20 bo tried for horse steal.
ING during the term Of court which con.
ycncs Monday, the 18th. They had their
war paint on, aud no doubt the assault
was prcmcdiiatcd. The prisoners appeared
jolly and conicnicd last evening when the
janilor made his rounds. They we're al.
lowed too much liberty, neither one Of the
cells being locked, only the outside door
IL the cagr. They had Access 10 all the
cells, and the Indians waited until they
though, the white prisoners sltp, the
! epuulgsf